Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Advocates Kickoff Texas Tour to Devise Solutions to Increase in Child Care Deserts
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Child care advocates are kicking off an 11-city Texas tour Tuesday to discuss solutions to an increase in child care deserts that’s costing the state billions of...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2022

Dallas Fire Rescue Battles 2 Fires at Vacant hotels Occupied by ‘multiple homeless people’
(WFAA)Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire Rescue battled two fires within four hours last night at vacant hotel buildings occupied by multiple homeless people.DFR spokesman Jason Evans says that 10...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2022

Dallas Doctor Accused of Tampering With IV Bags Remains Behind Bars
The judge in the case said there is no combination of conditions that would "reasonably ensure the safety" of the community if Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr is let out on bail.Ortiz is jailed accused o...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2022

Dallas Mayor Launches New Youth Ticket Program
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson unveiled the Mayor's Youth Sports Ticket Program on Monday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The initiative was created to welcome local y...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2022

COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster Pop-Up Clinic Open in Fort Worth Today
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – State and local health officials are urging North Texans who are eligible to take advantage of a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic in Fort Worth today. The clinic is ...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2022

Family of American Says He was Freed by Taliban in Swap
(WFAA photo)WASHINGTON (AP) - An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released, his family said Monday, as a Taliban drug lord jailed by the ...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2022

Court Rules in Favor of Texas Law on Social Media Regulation
(WFAA photo)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter. The ruling Friday by the 5th U.S. Circuit C...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2022

Dallas County Opens Two Disaster Loan Centers for Help with August Flood Damage
(WBAP archive)Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Beginning today [Monday] Sept. 19 the Small Business Administration will open two disaster loan outreach centers in Dallas County.The SBA loans are ...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2022

Britain Lays Queen Elizabeth II to Rest
UPDATED 8:55AM CentralLONDON (AP) – Britain and the world are saying a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers. Crowds ...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2022

Tropical Storm Fiona Takes Aim at Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico
(NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER; WBAP/KLIF) – Tropical storm Fiona, packing sustained winds of 60 miles an hour, is taking aim at Puerto Rico Saturday afternoon and overnight, with the island still s...
Cumulus Media Sep 17, 2022









